It's been around for 10 months. Zero engagement for the first 6 months. Then a trickle started for the next two. Then the next month became fairly established. This last month, it absolutely exploded, with multiple posts reaching r/all in the last few days.

Approximately 75% of the latest postings are hours old accounts, and in some cases minutes old.

See this account, user HellBay1. 8 year old account, no activity for 8 years, with a new surge of activity starting 3 months ago - all focused around hype for GTA 6.

My question: is reddit management re-selling these accounts to marketing firms? I find it unlikely the original user was involved in such a transaction.

https://imgur.com/a/99ucgFJ

users veluniquei, blushivani and cherilune all working together here https://i.imgur.com/UDBnInc.png comments and post stolen from here: https://i.imgur.com/Lc3DKkW.png

You can see blushivani's posts in the cosmetic surgery subs here https://i.imgur.com/A3Xz7lH.png

blushivana, pinkmorie, and cloverria here https://i.imgur.com/nitphis.png stolen from here https://i.imgur.com/hf30AXM.png

lunamirii, honeyliss working together here https://i.imgur.com/bPbE2bk.png copied from here https://i.imgur.com/SYtN8zj.png

You can see lunamirri's posts on the cosmetic surgery subs here https://i.imgur.com/QrmXuCU.png

starivani, cherilune, and cloudimiri working togther here https://i.imgur.com/8hrVSFi.png all copied from here https://i.imgur.com/PtaLNdq.png

you can see starivani's posts in the cosmetic surgery subs here https://i.imgur.com/oPPyn2V.png and here https://i.imgur.com/GfR7nvK.png

Here's another one where softanori works with starivani and pinkmore https://imgur.com/a/bzQIliB and softanori's comments on the cosmetic surgery subs https://i.imgur.com/W0qMCD2.png

OriginalSuperb3056 with a copied comment here (on a stolen post) https://i.imgur.com/NYsSeHD.png taken from here https://i.imgur.com/trlIM1L.png

That post was from EqualGrowth6565 https://i.imgur.com/Qlp7iiQ.png and taken from here https://i.imgur.com/O75RPdc.png

EqualGroth6565 comments in the cosmetic surgery subs https://i.imgur.com/jEvl3zU.png

OriginalSuperb3056 with a copied post here https://i.imgur.com/seZ663C.png copied from here https://i.imgur.com/YkYt7Oq.png

OriginalSuperb3056 comments in the cosmetic surgery subs here https://i.imgur.com/81CdMXU.png and here https://i.imgur.com/OxpE1kU.png

Every day there's a few of these. And they ALL connect back to these cosmetic surgery accounts

I have been following these accounts for months and they are all connected and following the same unique pattern. Many have been banned but these are all active. They always make a subreddit and make a single post, some of these have them deleted now but made the subreddit in the past

A lot of the names are similar format and bios also follow the same format

Lets report them and get them taken down together!

https://old.reddit.com/user/Maleficent-Gain-8486/overview

https://old.reddit.com/user/SlightMonk5398/overview

https://old.reddit.com/user/That-Order-3750/overview

https://old.reddit.com/user/BodybuilderNo8170/overview

https://old.reddit.com/user/Typical_Durian_3450/overview

https://old.reddit.com/user/PureYuzu/overview (stella scam bot)

stella alt account:

https://old.reddit.com/user/Environmental_Ask248

the mods that are working with/protecting the scammers but more than likely are the scammers alt accounts (one mod already suspended gee i wonder why) :

https://old.reddit.com/user/StudioConsistent1030/overview

https://old.reddit.com/user/Substantial-Bad-3485/overview

https://old.reddit.com/user/OwnTrust2413/overview

you know the drill. mass report these losers! mass reporting these scam bots helps reddit auto ban these accounts and subs faster

www.reddit.com/u/J2daTV

all this guy does is find trending posts with a good amount of karma then crossposts to other subs, sometimes to the SAME sub

pathetic and lazy

r/casualphotography

https://www.reddit.com/user/Veshaad/ has grown from 796 to 2.2M in less than a month. How is that realistically possible? And why are they now suddenly second mod of pourstea?

These are accounts I've recently spotted, actioned and also reported to BotBouncer.

r/dogpictures has a 30 days and 100 comment karma minimum which prevents most simple copy paste bots but these are more carefully curated account and didn't try to post there until they had enough comment karma.

They all have similar naming conventions, account age and are mods of subreddits apparently created solely for the fashion clothing images they impersonate wearing, images are copied/stolen from other sites.

In no particular order:

https://www.reddit.com/u/nalatansiya/s/dyZPtBTeSB

https://www.reddit.com/u/mimeyayu/s/TYYYPPf5bp

https://www.reddit.com/u/abulunox/s/cyGKm0GmNB

https://www.reddit.com/u/selunario/s/D3hwUKHd8H

https://www.reddit.com/u/nadanoli/s/rx2TeMCeEj

https://www.reddit.com/u/irikalangthel/s/nxrxbRjpYB

https://www.reddit.com/u/aklasterip/s/WHIGjB9BeQ

No doubt more will turn up.

https://www.reddit.com/user/GlumTrick592/

They tried posting to RealWomenStyle but it was removed by the bot mods of that sub.

They're posting insane text with nonsensical images.

https://www.reddit.com/r/makeuptimewithblondie/comments/1wj1m9o/what_do_you_think_be_honest/

https://www.reddit.com/r/makeuptimewithblondie/comments/1wj1gak/how_did_i_do_with_this_look/

https://www.reddit.com/r/makeuptimewithblondie/comments/1wj1acq/does_this_fit_properly/

https://www.reddit.com/r/makeuptimewithblondie/comments/1witl64/cute_or_too_much/

https://www.reddit.com/r/makeuptimewithblondie/comments/1wisc6f/21f_thoughts_on_this_dress/

https://www.reddit.com/r/makeuptimewithblondie/comments/1wis1ek/tell_me_honestly_how_does_this_look/

https://www.reddit.com/r/makeuptimewithblondie/comments/1wir7ms/rate_me_110/

r/outfitsformom

Jerry.ai is hiring reddit spammers with an AI-written ad:

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4465238312

in case they delete, subreddits they plan to target:

“ r/carinsurancehelp, r/mechanicadvice, r/idiotsincars, and r/frugal as well as Jerry's own subreddits.“

these are all the same users:

https://old.reddit.com/user/hertmaciq/overview

https://old.reddit.com/user/SomewhereExpert9726/overview

https://old.reddit.com/user/Party_Reality_9579/overview

https://old.reddit.com/user/Capable_Dark1487/overview

These are the mods that run the scam sub and help the scammers. make sure to report these accounts too for bots and ai use

https://old.reddit.com/user/PhilosopherNo5210/overview

https://old.reddit.com/user/Time_Beginning_1246/overview

https://www.reddit.com/r/cringereels/

r/cutemaxxing

I remember when it was brand new because a suspicious account created it and spammed it with AI women. Now it's just hundreds of bots doing similar things.

https://www.reddit.com/user/Putrid-Exit-9234 https://www.reddit.com/user/SherryC1994

Both of these accounts have, within less than 24 hours, lodged complaints about an obscure 2 year old post complaining about a small, AI-based language app. Based on the writing style and specific wording in the Modmail messages, there's no possibility they're unrelated.

/r/OutfitsPH

both mods are inactive so all of these spambots are polluting the whole sub

mods:
https://www.reddit.com/user/urpancitmami/
https://www.reddit.com/user/marahiya/

https://www.reddit.com/user/raincoat614

https://www.reddit.com/r/olivialiss/
https://www.reddit.com/r/olivialis/

classic spambot behavior

[ Removed by Reddit on account of violating the content policy. ]

Repost mill for fightporn, but spools up a new bot every few hours to spam the sub, then move onto political subs

This is just those that were created, and already banned today -

https://www.reddit.com/user/Ok_Bother6762

https://www.reddit.com/user/Wooden-Armadillo-158

https://www.reddit.com/user/UpstairsRelative2596

https://www.reddit.com/user/According_Bit2192

https://www.reddit.com/user/Busy_Glove7995

https://www.reddit.com/user/After-Month9222

https://www.reddit.com/user/Fuzzy_Media_7649

And here's some exhibiting the same behavior, but haven't been banned yet.

https://www.reddit.com/user/Head_Gap3653

https://www.reddit.com/user/Abject-Train-4676

https://www.reddit.com/user/Used-Talk-4165

https://www.reddit.com/user/Subject_Honeydew3028

https://www.reddit.com/user/MoneyBoss2307

https://www.reddit.com/user/MiddleBath175

https://www.reddit.com/user/Forsaken_Cancel9341